Étude de mondains au bal

Lead pencil drawing on paper
11 x 15 cm (4.33 x 5.91 in)

Description:
Two couples dancing at a ball with left-facing female figure to right of drawing and suggestion of a sixth figure to the background.

Signature / Inscription:
Cachet of the signature ‘L Hayet’ in red (lower right)

Provenance:
Auction house: Binoche et Giquello, Paris, France, December 16th 2015, Lot 42 (1 of 2), ‘Collection Régine et Guy Dulon - 2eme vente - Oeuvres Post-Impressionnistes, Art Précolombien, Art Indonésien’ (Régine and Guy Dulon Collection - 2nd sale - Post-Impressionist Works, Pre-Columbian Art, Indonesian Art) – Public exhibition: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, France - salle 2 (Sold)
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Régine and Guy Dulon Collection, Paris, France

Exhibited:


Literature:
Note: This work was sold as part of two lead pencil studies 'Études de mondains au bal' (Study of socialites at the ball) at auction 'Binoche et Giquello, Paris, France, December 16th 2015, Lot 42'. The two works are listed under numbers 85-86-24-D and 85-88-25-D in the archives of Louis Hayet, but we are currently unaware as to which catalogue number accompanies each work.